IDENTIFYING DYAD-LEVEL PARENTING PRACTICES AMONG US CUSTODIAL GRANDPARENTS: A LATENT PROFILE ANALYSIS

Abstract Although half of US custodial grand families contain married grandparents, little is known about the parenting practices of custodial grandfathers (CGF). Based on the Family Stress model and the latent profile analyses, we identified typologies of dyad-level parenting practices among 193 married custodial grandparents (CGP) couples recruited nationally through convenience-based and population-based strategies. Grandmothers (CGM) and CGF were interviewed separately, and four types of parenting practices profiles emerged: (1) Ideal CGM&CGF; (2) Inadequate CGM & Ideal CGF; (3) Ambivalent CGM & High-effective CGF; and (4) High-effective CGM & Inadequate CGF. After controlling for socio-demographics, these profiles related differentially to the psychological well-being of CGF and CGM, as well as to the behavioral and emotional outcomes of grandchildren (CGC). CGF in Profile four reported significantly lower positive affect than those in Profiles one and three, but there were no profile differences regarding CGF depressive symptoms. While CGM in Profile two reported fewer depressive symptoms than the other profiles, there were no differences regarding GM’s positive affect. A pattern also occurred whereby CGC from Profile one had significantly fewer externalizing and internalizing difficulties than other profiles. It is essential for future researchers and practitioners to recognize the contribution of CGF to the parenting dynamics in families with married CGP.

Bowen's Family Systems theory provides a framework for examining how values and beliefs are transmitted between family members and the overall potential impact that transmission may have on the well-being of family members.While familial emotional closeness has been shown to predict well-being for older adults, there is still a lack of research investigating the influence of level of agreement on ideology among family members within this relation.Objective: This study examined the impact that level of agreement on religious and political values (consensual solidarity) has on the relation between emotional closeness in intergenerational relationships (affectual solidarity) and well-being in grandparents.Method: Using a sample from the Longitudinal Study of Generations, the current study examined grandparent-adult child (N = 336) and grandparent-grandchild (N = 239) dyads to assess the extent to which agreement on ideological beliefs moderates the relation between intergenerational emotional closeness and well-being in the grandparent generation.
Results: Affectual solidarity ratings among the three generations, as well as religious ideological differences between grandparents and grandchildren, were found to influence the well-being of grandparents.Additionally, model fit was found to be excellent for both moderation models between the three generations.
Discussion: These findings suggest that emotional closeness is a predominant factor in predicting well-being in grandparents that may not be as heavily influenced by the level of agreement on ideological beliefs as is often assumed.

IDENTIFYING DYAD-LEVEL PARENTING PRACTICES AMONG US CUSTODIAL GRANDPARENTS: A LATENT PROFILE ANALYSIS Minzhi Ye, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States
Although half of US custodial grand families contain married grandparents, little is known about the parenting practices of custodial grandfathers (CGF).Based on the Family Stress model and the latent profile analyses, we identified typologies of dyad-level parenting practices among 193 married custodial grandparents (CGP) couples recruited nationally through convenience-based and population-based strategies.Grandmothers (CGM) and CGF were interviewed separately, and four types of parenting practices profiles emerged: (1) Ideal CGM&CGF; (2) Inadequate CGM & Ideal CGF; (3) Ambivalent CGM & High-effective CGF; and (4) High-effective CGM & Inadequate CGF.After controlling for socio-demographics, these profiles related differentially to the psychological well-being of CGF and CGM, as well as to the behavioral and emotional outcomes of grandchildren (CGC).CGF in Profile four reported significantly lower positive affect than those in Profiles one and three, but there were no profile differences regarding CGF depressive symptoms.While CGM in Profile two reported fewer depres-

PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AND NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN OLDER SUB-SAHARA AFRICANS
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HIV KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION ACCESS AMONG FEMALE CANCER SURVIVORS IN NIGERIA
Candidus Nwakasi 1 , Darlingtina Esiaka 2 , and Chizobam Nweke 3 , 1. University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States, 2. University of Kentucky,Lexington,Kentucky,United States,3. St George's University,St. George,Saint George,Grenada While Nigeria remains heavily burdened by HIV, especially among Nigerian women, there is also a rapidly increasing incidence and prevalence of cancer among aging women in Nigeria.growing.A body of research posits that HIV can be detrimental to cancer survivorship experiences including a worsened health outcome for cancer survivors.Further, HIV-relevant healthy behaviors such as sexual and reproductive health may be limited by a knowledge gap in the relationship between HIV and cancer, thus, increasing the risk of negative health outcomes among cancer survivors.This stresses the importance of HIV prevention and health promotion among cancer survivors in Nigeria, and one of such prevention strategy is the use of HIV health information.This study employed a qualitative descriptive method to assess HIV knowledge and information access among female cancer survivors in Nigeria.Thirty female cancer survivors in Nigeria were recruited and interviewed using a semi-structured interviewing format.Findings based on their responses indicated their knowledge about the connection between HIV and cancer.The themes are comparing HIV and cancer, views on the effect of HIV on cancer, and seeking HIV health information.Our findings highlight the need to utilize tailored public health education interventions for the growing number of cancer survivors in Nigeria to reduce the risk of poor health outcomes in this population.

THE IMPACT OF INTERGENERATIONAL SOLIDARITY ON GRANDPARENT WELL-BEING Rachel
Scott, and Danielle Nadorff, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States